I have a table within a SQL Server 2008 database called Meter
. This table has a column called Name
.
Each entry within the column Name
has a prefix of the following ZAA\
. I'd like to change this prefix to ZAA_
without affecting the rest of the text within the column.
UPDATE Meter
SET Name = 'ZAA_' + SUBSTRING(Name, 4, LEN(Name))
WHERE SUBSTRING(Name, 1, 4) = 'ZAA\'
Edit:
Or as @Damien_The_Unbliever states, to use an index:
UPDATE Meter
SET Name = 'ZAA_' + SUBSTRING(Name, 4, LEN(Name))
WHERE Name LIKE 'ZAA\%'
EDIT
From your comment, try this statement to fix the additional \
:
UPDATE Meter
SET Name = 'ZAA_' + SUBSTRING(Name, 5, LEN(Name))
WHERE Name LIKE 'ZAA_\%'
MYSQL:
UPDATE Meter
SET Name = CONCAT('ZAA' ,'_', SUBSTRING(Name, 4, LENGTH(Name)))
WHERE Name LIKE 'ZAA\%'